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Against the Grain
Peter Lovesey

Detective Peter Diamond (Book #22) goes undercover at a seasonal festival in this delightful and bittersweet conclusion to the multi-award-winning series.

366 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

Blood Ties
Jo Nesbo

From the modern master of Nordic suspense comes an explosive novel about a community in crisis and two brothers on the verge of losing everything they’ve worked so hard to achieve.

367 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

Boys Who Hurt
Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

Forbidden Iceland Book #5

Fresh from maternity leave, Detective Elma investigates complex case of a man murdered in a holiday cottage, while SÆvar discovers something in a discarded box that could help crack the case. The multi-award-winning, number one bestselling Forbidden Iceland series continues...

276 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

Christmas Crimes at The Mysterious Bookshop
Otto Penzler (Editor)

Twelve festive crime stories set in New York City’s beloved mystery bookstore.

320 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

Death Comes to Marlow
Robert Thorogood

BBC One show creator of Death in Paradise, Robert Thorogood delights in giving the Christie-mystery a busy-body twist. Judith (our favorite skinny-dipping, whiskey-sipping, crossword puzzle author), along with Becks the vicar's wife, and Susie the dogwalker find themselves in a head-scratching, utterly clever country house, locked-room murder mystery.

282 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

Eight Very Bad Nights: A Collection of Hanukkah Noir
Tod Goldberg (Editor)

Curated by New York Times bestselling author Tod Goldberg, this collection of eleven delightful and twisted Hanukkah capers will entertain you through all eight nights of the Festival of Lights.

291 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

Enigma Girl
Henry Porter

From internationally bestselling author who is “filling the gap left by Len Deighton and John le Carre” (Evening Standard) comes a propulsive espionage thriller for fans of Mick Herron, Daniel Silva, and Olen Steinhauer. Meet disgraced MI5 agent Slim Parsons, a character who - like Lisbeth Salander - will sear your soul.

439 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

Exposure
Ramona Emerson

A Rita Todacheene Novel Book #2

In the follow-up to the National Book Award–longlisted ShutterNavajo forensic photographer Rita Todacheene grapples with a fanatical serial killer—and the ghosts he leaves behind.

279 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

The Forger's Requiem
Bradford Morrow

A gripping literary thriller that brings readers inside the world of expert forgery, rivalrous fury, and generations of dark family secrets, with Mary Shelley’s voice and life woven throughout

276 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

The Grey Wolf
Louise Penny

The 19th mystery in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Armand Gamache series.

421 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

Honolulu Noir
Chris McKinney (Editor)

The Aloha State enters the Akashic Noir Series arena with a riveting collection, exploring shadows and corners of Honolulu that will never be found in a tourist brochure.

274 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

I Dreamed of Falling
Julia Dahl

In acclaimed author Julia Dahl's new standalone, the death of a young mother triggers an avalanche of secrets in a small Hudson Valley town.

344 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

In Too Deep
Lee Child, Andrew Child

Jack Reacher Book #29

The gripping new Jack Reacher thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child.

324 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

Karla's Choice
Nick Harkaway

A John le Carré Novel 

An extraordinary new novel set in the world of John le Carré's most iconic spy, George Smiley, written by acclaimed novelist Nick Harkaway

300 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

The Last Room on the Left
Leah Konen

The caretaker at an isolated mountain hotel finds herself fighting for her life—and sanity—in this twisty, addictive thriller.

325 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

The Marlow Murder Club
Robert Thorogood

A delightfully clever new mystery from creator of BBC One's hilarious murder mystery series Death in Paradise.

Lilian Jackson Braun Award; 2023 Edgar Award Nominee

282 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

Midnight and Blue
Ian Rankin

John Rebus spent his life as a cop putting Edinburgh's most deadly criminals behind bars. Now having been convicted of a homicide, he's joined them…

331 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

The Neighbour's Secret
Sharon Bolton

Three teenage girls have vanished at the annual Gathering as they reach their sixteenth birthday. No one seems to be investigating. And a fourth girl begs Anna for help, fearing that she will be next to disappear. An unpredictable and wild page-turner, with shocks, surprises and a killer twist for a finale.

334 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

The Oligarch's Daughter
Joseph Finder

From the New York Times bestselling author of House on Fire, a breakneck thriller that marries the dynastic opulence of Succession with the tense and disorienting spycraft of The Americans.

438 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

The Overnight Guest
Heather Gudenkauf

A woman receives an unexpected visitor during a deadly snowstorm in this chilling thriller from New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf.

348 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

Presumed Guilty
Scott Turow

Read Scott Turow’s new “unputdownable” courtroom drama from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Presumed Innocent, the phenomenon that redefined the legal thriller and is the basis for Apple TV+’s most-watched drama series ever.

536 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

The Queen of Poisons
Robert Thorogood

The Marlow Murder Club are about to face their most difficult case yet!

261 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

The Rivals
Jane Pek

A witty and thought-provoking mystery that reimagines the spy story to explore the nature of relationships in a digital age: the follow-up to Jane Pek’s “thoroughly modern twist on classic detective fiction,” The Verifiers (New York Times Book Review)

One of The Washington Post's 10 Best Mystery Novels of 2024

404 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

Rough Pages
Lev AC Rosen

Evander Mills Book #3

Set in atmospheric 1950s San Francisco, Rough Pages asks who is allowed to tell their own stories, and how far would you go to seek out the truth.

257 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

The Seventh Floor
David McCloskey

Six CIA officers. Dear friends and cherished enemies. For a quarter century they have stolen other people’s secrets. Now they must steal each other’s.

387 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

Tell Me What I Am
Una Mannion

Two women wrenched apart by a family member’s disappearance must find a way back to each other in this haunting page-turner by the author of A Crooked Tree.

Winner of the Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger Award

277 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

To Die For
David Baldacci

From a #1 New York Times bestselling author, the 6:20 Man returns, this time sent to the Pacific Northwest to aid in a complicated FBI case—and he’s about to come face-to-face with his nemesis, the girl on the train.  

 

418 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

The Waiting
Michael Connelly

A Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch Novel Book #6

LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, and enlists a new volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: patrol officer Maddie Bosch, Harry’s daughter.

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller

405 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

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